Education is one of the key, words of our time. A man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of unfortunate circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states ‘invest’, in institutions of learning to get back "interest" in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so care fully worked out, punctuated by text-books—those purchasable wells of wisdom—what would civilization be like without its benefits?
So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and birth; but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on "facts and figures" and more on a good memory, on applied psychology,, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow-citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of "college" imaginable. Among the people whom we like to call savages all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally, equipped for life.
It is the ideal condition of the "equal start" which only our most progressive forms of modern education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no "illiterates"—if the term can be, applied to peoples without a script while our own compulsory school attendance became law in necessary in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1976, and is still non-existent in a number of "civilized" nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure thin all on knowledge accumulated by the "happy few" during the past centuries.
Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents; therefore the jungles and the savages know of no "juvenile delinquency". No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to "buy" an education for his child.
1. The best title for this passage is（ ）.
2.The word "interest" in paragraph one means（ ）.
3.The author seems（ ）.
4.The passage implies that（ ）.
5.According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?
问题1选项
A.The Significance of Education
B.Educational Investment and Its Returns
C.Education: A Comparison of Its Past and Its Present
D.Education in the Wilderness
问题2选项
A.capital profit got back from the investment
B.the things young people are interested in
C.the well-educated and successful young men and women
D.the well-educated young people with leadership potential
问题3选项
A.against the education in the very early historic times
B.positive about our present educational instruction
C.in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures
D.quite happy to see an equal start for everyone
问题4选项
A.some families now can hardly afford to send their children to school
B.everyone today has an equal opportunity in education
C.every, country invests heavily in education
D.we are not very certain whether preachers are necessary or not
问题5选项
A.One without education today has no opportunities.
B.We have not yet decided on our education models.
C.Compulsory schooling is legal obligation in several countries now.
D.Our spiritual outlook is better now than before.
第1题:C
第2题:D
第3题:C
第4题:A
第5题:C
第1题:
【选项释义】
The best title for this passage is ____. 这篇文章最好的标题是____。
A. The Significance of Education A. 教育的意义
B. Educational Investment and Its Returns B. 教育投资及其回报
C. Education: A Comparison of Its Past and Its Present C. 教育：过去与现在的比较
D. Education in the Wilderness D. 荒野中的教育
【考查点】主旨大意题
【解题思路】文章第一段作者描述了教育的重要性；接下来的段落，作者就教育进行今昔对比：第二段指出“我们会减少对‘事实和数字’的强调，而更加注重良好的记忆力、应用心理学以及人与同胞相处的能力”，作者认为，现代教育的精神面貌不见得比过去好；第三段指出古代教育每个人都能平等地为生活做好准备，而现代的义务教育在一些“文明”国家仍然不存在；最后一段指出古代教育与金钱无关，所有人都有权享有平等的起点。而在我们的现代社会中，匆忙的脚步往往会阻碍人格的全面发展。综上可知，文章对现代教育和原始社会的教育在多个方面进行了比较，重点暗指现代教育在某些方面的不足，故C选项正确。
【干扰项排除】A、B、D选项均是片面的，不能涵盖文章主旨，属于以偏概全。
第2题:
【选项释义】
The word “interest” in paragraph one means ____. 第一段中的“interest”一词是指____。
A. capital profit got back from the investment A. 投资获得的资本利润
B. the things young people are interested in B. 年轻人感兴趣的事物
C. the well-educated and successful young men and women C. 受过良好教育的成功男女青年
D. the well-educated young people with leadership potential D. 受过良好教育并具有领导潜力的年轻人
【考查点】语义推断题
【解题思路】根据“interest”定位到第一段第三句“现代国家深信教育的重要性，因此对教育机构进行‘投资’，以换回‘利益’（interest），即一大批开明的青年男女，他们都是潜在的领导者（get back ‘interest’ in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders）。”由此可知，此处“interest”不是其本义，即“投资获得的资本利润”，而是指“受过良好教育并具有领导潜力的年轻人”，D选项正确。
【干扰项排除】A、B、C选项均不符合原文内容，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
The author seems ____. 作者似乎____。
A. against the education in the very early historic times A. 反对早期历史时期的教育
B. positive about our present educational instruction B. 对我们目前的教育教学持肯定态度
C. in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures C. 支持原始文化中的教育实践
D. quite happy to see an equal start for everyone D. 很高兴看到每个人都有一个平等的开始
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】第二段作者提到“如果我们的教育制度仿效没有书籍的古代教育，我们的‘学院’将具有可以想象得到的最民主的形式。在我们喜欢称之为野蛮人的人群中，所有通过传统继承的知识都被所有人共享；它被传授给部落的每一个成员，因此在这方面，每个人都是平等的，为生活做好准备。”由此可以推断，相比于现代教育制度，作者更支持原始社会的教育制度与形式，C选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项根据最后一段“荒野中的教育不是金钱手段的问题。所有人都有权平等起步。在我们的社会中，没有任何匆匆忙忙的事情会阻碍一个成长中的人格的充分发展。在那里，一个孩子在父母永远的关注下长大；因此，丛林和野蛮人不知道‘青少年犯罪’。没有必要离开家谋生会导致忽视孩子，也没有父亲面临无法为孩子购买教育的问题。”由此可知，作者对早期历史时期的教育是赞同的，属于反向干扰；
B选项根据第三段“而我们自己的义务教育在1642年、1806年和1976年分别在法国和英国成为必要的法律，在一些‘文明’国家仍然不存在”可知，作者认为目前的教育制度是有问题的，属于反向干扰；
D选项“很高兴看到每个人都有一个平等的开始”文章没有提及，属于无中生有。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The passage implies that ____. 文章暗示____。
A. some families now can hardly afford to send their children to school A. 有些家庭现在几乎负担不起送孩子上学的费用
B. everyone today has an equal opportunity in education B. 今天每个人都有平等的受教育机会
C. every country invests heavily in education C. 每个国家都在教育上投入巨资
D. we are not very certain whether preachers are necessary or not D. 我们不太确定传教士是否必要
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章最后一段提到“荒野中的教育不是金钱手段的问题。所有人都有权平等起步。在我们的社会中，没有任何匆匆忙忙的事情会阻碍一个成长中的人格的充分发展。在那里，一个孩子在父母永远的关注下长大；因此，丛林和野蛮人不知道‘青少年犯罪’。没有必要离开家谋生会导致忽视孩子，也没有父亲面临无法为孩子‘购买’教育的问题。”由此可以推断，作者以原始社会教育作比较，暗含了现代教育的问题，即一些父母面临供不起子女读书的情况，故A选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
B选项与最后一段内容不相符，属于曲解原文；
C选项定位到第一段“现代国家深信教育的重要性，对教育机构进行‘投资’”，但不能得出“每个国家都在教育上投入巨资”的结论，属于过度推理；
D选项定位到第二段第一句“有很多事情是肯定的（So much is certain）：我们会有医生和传教士，律师和被告，婚姻和生育；但我们的精神面貌会有所不同”，属于曲解原文。
第5题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, which of the following statement is true? 根据短文，下列哪个陈述是正确的？
A. One without education today has no opportunities. A. 今天没有教育就没有机会。
B. We have not yet decided on our education models. B. 我们还没有决定我们的教育模式。
C. Compulsory schooling is legal obligation in several countries now. C. 义务教育现在在一些国家是法定义务。
D. Our spiritual outlook is better now than before. D. 我们现在的精神面貌比以前好了。
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】第三段第三句讲“而我们自己的义务教育在1642年、1806年和1976年分别成为必要的法律，在一些‘文明’国家仍然不存在。”也就是说，义务教育制度并不是所有国家都实行，故C选项符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项定位到第一段第二句“我们许多人认为，一个没有受过教育的人，是不幸环境的不幸受害者，被剥夺了20世纪最伟大的机会之一。”但这并不代表“没有受过教育的人就没有机会”，属于过度推理；
B选项“我们还没有决定我们的教育模式”没有提及，属于无中生有；
D选项根据第二段的内容可知，如果没有现代教育，我们会更少地强调“事实和数字”，而更多地强调良好的记忆力，应用心理学，以及一个人与他的同胞相处的能力，由此可知，我们现在的精神面貌不见得比以前好，属于曲解原文。
